The Dutch Catholic Development Organization Cordaid (Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid), with registered offices at The Hague, The Netherlands, came into being through a merger of Bilance, Caritas Netherlands and Memisa. Cordaid combines their expertise and serves all aspects of development cooperation: emergency aid, structural poverty alleviation and health care, working closely together with local organizations.

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These organizations were rooted in traditions that dated back to the start of twentieth century. They dedicated themselves to providing shelter and care for refugees, relief aid, medical care and poverty alleviation in developing countries. They all shared the evangelical dedication of solidarity with people who are, for ...

Project Development

Whilst using the momentum and the intensive contact with the communities related to reconstruction activities (e.g. design, mapping, monitoring, etc.), the programmes wish to build the capacity of the community regarding risk management. For the programme in Simeulue this component emphasizes Emergency Preparedness Planning in which ...

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The result of Impact Assessment of Community Training on Water Borne Diseases Prevention and Reduction that was conducted by Cordaid in November 2007 shown that basically the community has had the health and hygiene knowledge, but there is still a lack of will in practicing it in their daily life. Moreover, based on the analysis of medical records of Local...


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A story by Alauddin Latief

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Once in My Life

A story from a Trainee of Health and Hygiene Promotion Training for Religion’s Teachers